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Pilgrims’ progress

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Find yourself at Hajj

Even religion can’t escape wearable tech. Pakistani start-up Hajj Guider has created a smart bracelet for Muslims on pilgrimage to Mecca. The bracelets track the wearer’s location with GPS and Bluetooth. An app lets people see where their family is in the crowd, send messages to one another and look up how to perform religious rituals. It will also give updates on emergencies like stampedes.

“Governments have been lobbied into experimenting recklessly with the functioning of the internet”

Riot drones

Here’s a drone we aren’t looking forward to. Police in the Indian city of Lucknow say they have tested a drone that can pepper-spray disorderly crowds. Each has high-resolution cameras and can carry about 2 kilograms of pepper spray. The city police, who now own five drones, have already used them to keep watch on religious festivals.